Will the care be there? Vulnerable beneficiaries and Medicare reform

The Medicare program is on the verge of major change. The proof of the value of reforms will not rest in how well the program meets the needs of the healthy and wealthy, but rather in whether they preserve or improve upon protections for those who would not be well served by an unregulated private s...

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Published in:Health Affairs 1999-01, Vol.18 (1), p.107-117
Main Author: Moon, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alzheimer's disease
Annual reports
Beneficiaries
Budgets
Budgets - legislation & jurisprudence
Costs
Eligibility Determination
Government programs
Health care access
Health care delivery
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health Care Reform
Health maintenance organizations
Health problems
HMOs
Humans
Income
Insurance coverage
Low income groups
Medicare
Medicare - economics
Medicare - legislation & jurisprudence
Medicare - organization & administration
Policy making
Population
Poverty
Private sector
Reforms
Studies
Trust funds
United States
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Summary:The Medicare program is on the verge of major change. The proof of the value of reforms will not rest in how well the program meets the needs of the healthy and wealthy, but rather in whether they preserve or improve upon protections for those who would not be well served by an unregulated private sector--persons with low incomes and/or substantial health problems. This paper examines four key issues: Which beneficiaries will likely be best served by a system oriented around choice; what role traditional Medicare should continue to play and what changes will be needed; what protections are necessary for persons with low and moderate incomes; and how these reforms could be incorporated into broader changes to make Medicare more viable over time.
ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.18.1.107